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Show FtlACEJF FLU. Ths Ecd-Tongued Fiend Invades the Western Union Telegraph Office in New YorkOity. NASEOW ESCAPES TEOM DEATH. Several Floors of the Imposing and Famous Fa-mous Structure Badly DemoralizedA Demoral-izedA Heavy Loss, Nkw York, July 18. This morning shortly before 7 o'clock flames burst from tho switchboard of tho Western Union telegraph oporatiug room, on tho seventh floor of tho magnificent building, build-ing, corner of liroadway and Dcy streets, and so rapidly did they exteud to tho woodwork that the escape of tho employes by tho stairway was cut off and a number were lowered from the windows by ropes to the tops of adjoining adjoin-ing buildings. As far as is now known there was no loss of life. Tho lire extended from the fifth to tho upper stories of tho building, including in-cluding the Associated Press ollico, thu executive offices of tho Western Union and tho upper lloors devoted to a restaurant res-taurant and living purposes. Tho department de-partment at this hour (H-.JiO a.m.) claim they have the lire under control. |